J. A. D. Jensen Nunataks | |
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J. A. D. Jensen Nunatakker | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,667 m (5,469 ft) [1] |
Coordinates | 62°49′N 48°55′W / 62.817°N 48.917°W [2] |
Geography | |
Location | Sermersooq, Greenland |
Climbing | |
First ascent | Unknown |
J. A. D. Jensen Nunataks ( Danish: J. A. D. Jensen Nunatakker) are a nunatak group in Greenland. Administratively it falls under the Sermersooq Municipality.
This geographic feature was named after Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer Jens Arnold Diderich Jensen. [3]
The J. A. D. Jensen Nunataks are located in Southwest Greenland to the northeast of the Dalager Nunataks, [4] near the western limit of the Greenland Ice Sheet and about 60 km from the coast. [2] [5]
The nunatak area is 13 km in length and its maximum width is 8 km; the highest elevation is located at the southeastern end and is 1,667.8 metres (5,472 ft) high. [1]
Polar climate prevails in the region. The average annual temperature in the area of the J. A. D. Jensen Nunataks is -14 °C. The warmest month is July when the average temperature reaches -4 °C and the coldest is February when the temperature sinks to -20 °C. [6]
J. A. D. Jensen Nunataks | |
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J. A. D. Jensen Nunatakker | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,667 m (5,469 ft) [1] |
Coordinates | 62°49′N 48°55′W / 62.817°N 48.917°W [2] |
Geography | |
Location | Sermersooq, Greenland |
Climbing | |
First ascent | Unknown |
J. A. D. Jensen Nunataks ( Danish: J. A. D. Jensen Nunatakker) are a nunatak group in Greenland. Administratively it falls under the Sermersooq Municipality.
This geographic feature was named after Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer Jens Arnold Diderich Jensen. [3]
The J. A. D. Jensen Nunataks are located in Southwest Greenland to the northeast of the Dalager Nunataks, [4] near the western limit of the Greenland Ice Sheet and about 60 km from the coast. [2] [5]
The nunatak area is 13 km in length and its maximum width is 8 km; the highest elevation is located at the southeastern end and is 1,667.8 metres (5,472 ft) high. [1]
Polar climate prevails in the region. The average annual temperature in the area of the J. A. D. Jensen Nunataks is -14 °C. The warmest month is July when the average temperature reaches -4 °C and the coldest is February when the temperature sinks to -20 °C. [6]